The U.S. that I had imagined was nowhere near as crazy and as incredibly damaging and brutal and indifferent as the U.S. that we're currently living in. I thought I was being transgressive, apocalyptic, an out-there person. And then reality lapped me, it just lapped me.
Junot DiazThis country wants to live in the illusion that it is tolerant but also wants to be able to practice intolerance.
Junot DiazIt's just a matter of willpower. The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it.
Junot DiazEach morning, before Jackie started her studies, she wrote on a clean piece of paper: Tarde venientibus ossa. To the latecomers are left the bones.
Junot Diaz